{"id":444,"date":"2021-01-30T07:19:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T07:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/?p=444"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:10:18","slug":"africa-center-of-excellence-for-climate-smart-agriculture-and-biodiversity-conservation-conducts-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/africa-center-of-excellence-for-climate-smart-agriculture-and-biodiversity-conservation-conducts-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation Conducts Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation Conducts Training<\/h1>\n<p>Five days training was conducted on Research Methodology and Scientific Writing from December 14-18, 2020 at the Resource Center, located in the Main Campus of Haramaya University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-445 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c1.png\" alt=\"Professor Nigussie Dechassa\" width=\"521\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c1.png 521w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c1-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professor Nigussie Dechassa, former Vice President for Academic Affairs as well as former Leader of ACE Climate SABC at Haramaya University, developed course modules and successfully delivered the training.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Tesfaye Lemma\" width=\"1267\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-947x632.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c2-84x56.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1267px) 100vw, 1267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to Dr. Tesfaye Lemma, Head of Training and Research Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation (Climate SABC) Haramaya University, the purpose of the training was to contribute towards ongoing efforts in the University to improve the relevance, quality, and productivity of research conducted by postgraduate students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-447 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3.jpg\" alt=\"Participants\" width=\"1267\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3-947x532.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c3-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1267px) 100vw, 1267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event created a rare opportunity for early career researchers to share the experience and down to earth practical skills of the resource person who is a seasoned researcher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A total of 39 postgraduate students who are currently pursuing PhD and MSc programs at ACE Climate SABC and in the other colleges of the University\u00a0 successfully completed the training and were awarded certificates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-448 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4.jpg\" alt=\"Participants\" width=\"1254\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-947x631.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c4-84x56.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The training involved lecture, group discussion and experience sharing sessions. A short discussion and reflection session was also conducted on the 5th day to solicit feedback before winding up the training.<\/p>\n<p>The participants reportedly found the training timely, relevant, and extremely useful to improve the relevance and quality of their research proposals as well as research output, including writing articles for publication on peer-reviewed scientific journals. In addition, the training increased awareness of the postgraduate students with regard to research ethics and issue of plagiarism and mitigation measures, among others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c5.png\" alt=\"Certificate Award\" width=\"547\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c5.png 547w, https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/c5-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and Biodiversity Conservation Conducts Training Five days training was conducted on Research Methodology and Scientific Writing from December 14-18, 2020 at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_edd_button_behavior":[],"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/CAES-Building.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2719,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/2719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/caes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}